Ella Purnell

Having already dropped two trailers, the next move for Prime Video’s adaptation of the wildly popular Fallout games is to share an actual scene from an episode—and it’s picked an ideal one, showcasing the post-apocalyptic setting and dynamics between three key characters: Ella Purnell’s greenhorn-with-a-gun Lucy; Walton Goggins’ bounty hunter, the Ghoul; and a well-armed member of the Brotherhood of Steel.Fallout - First Scene | Prime VideoIt feels like these three sides are going to have a lot to reckon with as Fallout…

Screenshot: Prime VideoAmazon’s new Fallout show is the latest in the companies’ big, splashy adaptation plans—and it really wants you to know it’s taking the retro aesthetic and charm of the classic video game series to heart, beneath its pulsing, murkily irradiated post-apocalypse.Making the Freddy Fazbear Pizza Band Come to Life for Five Nights at Freddy’sToday Amazon released a new trailer for Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s take on the beloved Interplay/Bethesda RPG games. The show, following in the footsteps of those…

Image: NetflixLOGLINE: Orion seems a lot like your average elementary school kid—shy, unassuming, harboring a secret crush. But underneath his seemingly normal exterior, Orion is a ball of adolescent anxiety, completely consumed by irrational fears of bees, dogs, the ocean, cellphone waves, murderous gutter clowns, even falling off a cliff. But of all his fears, the thing he’s the most afraid of is what he confronts on a nightly basis: the dark. So when the literal embodiment of his worst fear pays a visit, Dark whisks…

“War. War never changes.” It’s a grim warning, which leads the introductory monologue to every mainline game in the Fallout franchise. It’s a real mood-setter, usually accompanied by a summary of the state of society: In an alternate future, the world is living in retro-futurist, atompunk bliss. That is, until the bombs drop. And so, 200 years after the end of everything, the story begins. The first Fallout game launched for home computers in 1997, introducing players to a nuclear hellscape where they take on the…

The Fallout TV series just got a trailer, giving us a glimpse into its irradiated post-apocalyptic world. Unveiled during the Comic-Con Expo (CCXP) event in Brazil, the show brings forth an original story set in a dilapidated Los Angeles and runs canon to the Bethesda game's universe — adding to the franchise, instead of adapting from one of its titles. However, just like the games, the tale largely follows a vault dweller who heads out into the nuclear wasteland in search of answers and in the process, meets countless…

Yesterday, Prime Video gave viewers a first full look at its upcoming Fallout show. Based on the RPG franchise by Interplay and Bethesda, the series definitely looks like it belongs with the actual games, and that wasn’t just the mission statement—for all intents and purposes, this is their idea of Fallout 5.“Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI UnlockedShowrunner Graham Wagner basically said as such during a roundtable interview at CCXP. In deciding to treat this as “just another installation” of the franchise,…

Fallout makes its global premiere on Prime Video April 12, 2024—and it’s a series that fans of Bethesda’s popular post-apocalyptic video game have been eager to learn more about. Today, we finally have fresh images to share, and they’re full of jumpsuits, power suits, and at least one missing nose.Here’s the official synopsis: “Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. Two hundred years after the…

Arcane, the League of Legends spin-off series, is reportedly returning for its second season in late 2024. As per content creator LeagueOfLeaks, the window was revealed during the Video V Vision Conference held by Riot Games' parent company Tencent with a Q4 2024 date, marking a debut sometime between October to December next year. Fans of the franchise, however, have been speculating that it's likely to drop in early November, so it matches with season 1's release and aligns with the 15th anniversary of the uber-popular…

The Fallout TV series finally has a release date. In a tweet, Amazon Prime Video confirmed that the live-action adaptation of the eponymous Bethesda video game franchise will premiere April 12, 2024, exclusively on the streamer. The news comes in celebration of the annual Fallout Day — October 23 — which marks the day when the retro-futuristic in-game world was turned into a nuclear wasteland, causing survivors to scavenge and live off irradiated junk. HBO's Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy are developing…

Image: Netflix/Fortiche Productions2021 saw the debut of Arcane on Netflix, and proceeded to grab everyone’s attention. Whether you were a fan of League of Legends or going in completely blind, the CG series became a critical and fan darling that continued Netflix’s pretty good streak of video game adaptations. But if that weren’t enough, the show now has the prestige to back up its acclaim.During the Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday, Arcane took home the award for Best Animated Program, and is now the first streaming…